12-14 June 2020/ online
Project work for Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory vol.3
online edition
online edition
Open call for curators: closed.
Thank you for your submissions!
Results announcement: May 9
Thank you for your submissions!
Results announcement: May 9
Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory seeks a Curator for its third online edition to be held in June 2020. Individuals of any age, gender, nationality and country of residence are cordially invited to send their proposal in English.
The conceptual frame of the 3rd edition of Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory is H_st_rical Narratives: the main focus is laid on the aspects of personal and political affects in the domain of historical systems and speculations. We invite to ponder over how unreflected past can influence uncertain presence; how individual and common affects are used as tokens in political processes; how we can act as political bodies overcoming traumatic experiences and converting them into artistic endeavours, respecting artistic labour and embracing the idea of self-organisation. Driven by the spirit of the previous festival editions, we are reconceptualizing the idea of "safe" and "individual" which still can find ways to remain common and collaborative. Moving online, we are creating a space for performative experiments, discussions, immersive interactions; welcoming the diversity of artistic practices which can reidentify themselves for a digital space; offering to make it is a tryout with a prospect to continue working with the same topic, but on a bigger scale, during the future offline event. We believe that every safe space can be only a temporary measure to surmount crisis and to gain strength to meet reality. Being concerned by the trend of the devaluation of artistic labour by cutting wages for on-line work, we try our best to sustain a fair allowance for every participant.
A Curator will work in close collaboration with festival curators and organisers to develop and produce the core programme of Suoja/ Shelter 2020.
The conceptual frame of the 3rd edition of Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory is H_st_rical Narratives: the main focus is laid on the aspects of personal and political affects in the domain of historical systems and speculations. We invite to ponder over how unreflected past can influence uncertain presence; how individual and common affects are used as tokens in political processes; how we can act as political bodies overcoming traumatic experiences and converting them into artistic endeavours, respecting artistic labour and embracing the idea of self-organisation. Driven by the spirit of the previous festival editions, we are reconceptualizing the idea of "safe" and "individual" which still can find ways to remain common and collaborative. Moving online, we are creating a space for performative experiments, discussions, immersive interactions; welcoming the diversity of artistic practices which can reidentify themselves for a digital space; offering to make it is a tryout with a prospect to continue working with the same topic, but on a bigger scale, during the future offline event. We believe that every safe space can be only a temporary measure to surmount crisis and to gain strength to meet reality. Being concerned by the trend of the devaluation of artistic labour by cutting wages for on-line work, we try our best to sustain a fair allowance for every participant.
A Curator will work in close collaboration with festival curators and organisers to develop and produce the core programme of Suoja/ Shelter 2020.
GUIDELINES
- The proposal letter must contain a curator's motivation along with conceptual direction and envision of a proposed topic. Extra consideration will be given to proposals that demonstrate a creative approach to curatorial research methods and the plan of work.
- The proposal must include three artists/ artistic researchers. Short biographies must be included.
- A curator shall orient the whole program to be implemented in an online format.
- A curator can be of any nationality and country of residence, but be aware of the cultural and political processes of Scandinavian countries, Russia, Baltic Region and Eastern Europe. All proposed artists can be international.
- Extra consideration will be given to ones in the beginning stages of their curatorial careers.
- The Festival strongly encourages applications that contribute to the concept of diversity.
WHAT INCLUDES
- 3-days online festival on the 12-14th of June 2020.
- The festival is run via the Zoom (hosts 300 participants at once).
- Opportunities to develop related public programming, encompassing directories of: sound and performance art, video and moving image, computer art, artistic research and education. The program should be composed both, via direct invitations and via an open call.
- 400 euro* unrestricted honorarium.
- 3000 euro* budget for the invited artists and artists via an open call.
- Press materials and PR support.
are welcome to apply on a free basis
SELECTION PROCESS
- The open call is evaluated in two stages. After the first selections, the applicants will be contacted for the online interview on the 6th of May. The interviews are held from the 7th (10-16 CET) to the 8th (10-13 CET) of May.
- All applicants will be notified of results by the 9th of May 2020.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- A proposal letter:
- A curator's motivation plus a conceptual direction and envision of a proposed topic. The conceptual frame of the 2020 Shelter online edition is H_st_rical Narratives.
- An explanation of the selection process of the artists and artistic researchers (proposed candidates and following open-call).
- Must be no longer than 4000 characters.
- Curator's CV (PDF, 2 pages maximum).
- Curator's portfolio of realised projects (PDF, 10 pages maximum, 5MB).
- A list of three participating artists/ artistic researchers and short bios for each. A proposal of an educational program is appreciated (proposal of at least one key speaker). Work samples of selected artists/ speakers (PDF, 2 pages per artist, 5MB).
- IMAGES (2-4 per artist): artist name, artwork title, year, medium, dimensions, additional description.
- VIDEO/AUDIO: please provide URL links for video and time-based work. Vimeo is better for video. Soundcloud is preferred for the audio + password, artist name, artwork title, year, duration, additional description.
- Due to constrained circumstances, the online edition of the festival is focusing on live performances, lectures-performances, various forms of media art and new media art which can be integrated and accessed online.
RESPONSIBILITY
We are looking for a curator who can/ is:
- Elaborate on a proposed topic and create a strong conceptual vision of its realisation.
- Propose, negotiate and invite artists/ researchers – core elements for building a program.
- Collaborate with organisers/ co-curators in the creation of an open call in directions of: sound art/ performance art/ computer art/ video and moving image/ artistic research.
- Together with organisers/ co-curators make a selection after an open-call.
- Collaborate with organisers on composing of program design, schedules, and timelines; writing a curatorial text, media texts; working with mass media.
- Together with organisers/ co-curators moderate a talk outlining the theme of the festival.
- Create a thematic reader and glossary to be published online.
- Use English on a high spoken and written level.
- A confident user of digital technologies and can work remotely.
Open call for curators.
Deadline May 5, 2020
(23:59 CET).
Deadline May 5, 2020
(23:59 CET).
Suoja/ Shelter is a 3-day international annual festival-laboratory, which is held in the bomb-shelter in the centre of Helsinki. We invite artists, performers, musicians, educators to comprehend the "shelter" in all its hypostases, forms and manifestations.
Shelter as a refuge from the threat and shelter as an indicator of the existence of a threat. Shelter as underground for marginal or as a privilege for the elite. Shelter as a transfer point, compelled communal living, a model of society in miniature, a safe space for the gathering of like-minded people. Shelter as a burrow, shelter as a den, shelter as the last asylum, shelter as a new beginning. Located within the global rock of the capitalist world, the shelter is represented in the present while at the same time is hidden from it. Therefore, it is from within the shelter that we can overcome the rhetoric of the "Cold War" and the creative logic of cognitive capitalism by imagining a world of new affects, a new tenderness, sensitivity, and non-toxic communication.
This year, we decided to radically change the format, and obtain shelters in our own homes. This separation cannot break artistic solidarity and pushes us to retrieve new ways to manifest artistic creativity. We believe, the online presence of art - is a tool, but not an answer. We hope to return to the offline format sooner or later.
Shelter as a refuge from the threat and shelter as an indicator of the existence of a threat. Shelter as underground for marginal or as a privilege for the elite. Shelter as a transfer point, compelled communal living, a model of society in miniature, a safe space for the gathering of like-minded people. Shelter as a burrow, shelter as a den, shelter as the last asylum, shelter as a new beginning. Located within the global rock of the capitalist world, the shelter is represented in the present while at the same time is hidden from it. Therefore, it is from within the shelter that we can overcome the rhetoric of the "Cold War" and the creative logic of cognitive capitalism by imagining a world of new affects, a new tenderness, sensitivity, and non-toxic communication.
This year, we decided to radically change the format, and obtain shelters in our own homes. This separation cannot break artistic solidarity and pushes us to retrieve new ways to manifest artistic creativity. We believe, the online presence of art - is a tool, but not an answer. We hope to return to the offline format sooner or later.
